happiness is a new glen phillips cd – winter pays for summer

If you know me musically, you know that I’m a huge Toad the Wet Sprocket fan. It was a sad day in ‘98 when they parted ways, and even though I was able to see one killer reunion show in New York in 2003, I have been eager for this abstinence of musical bliss to somehow end. Have no fear, Glen (the lead singer and songwriter for Toad) just released an incredible new disc, Winter Pays For Summer. While Glen definitely takes us home to Toadland, it also shows some of the rootsier leanings of his first solo disc Abulum and last year’s project with Nickel Creek. If I can be as happy with my next album as I am with Winter, life will indeed be good.